EVEN with the Golden State Warriors’ impressive 20-0 start this season, Stephen Curry believes his team will taste defeat first before his favorite National Football League team. “It was nice to be out there at halftime and hear his speech and stand with my mom, my sister, my aunts and my grandma”. I can’t ask for more.
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This was also a homecoming for the 27-year-old, who grew up in Charlotte and played high school and college ball there. He finished 14-of-18 from the field and eight-of-11 from three-point range.
The performance came on a night when Curry’s father, Dell, was honored for his achievements as a player for the Hornets organization.
Minus leading scorer Jahlil Okafor, with the rookie suspended by his own team for disciplinary reasons, the 76ers were a distant second best throughout, trailing 81-58 at the end of the third quarter, with Kristaps Porzingis’ 17 points and 10 rebounds helping the Knicks end a four-game skid.
Andre Drummond, the worst free throw shooter in National Basketball Association history, hit a pair from the line with 14.3 seconds left to tie the game at 112, and Eric Bledsoe missed an off-balance jumper at the buzzer. “They’re not really big-time shot-blockers, and I just wanted to attack the basket”.
“We’re not focusing on the actual streak, and I think that’s why we’re able to keep racking up these wins”, Walton said.
If his start through the first 20 games of this year is any indication, he’ll absolutely shatter that record well before the season is finished.
With the win, the Warriors improved their regular season winning streak to 24-0 (including four wins from last season). “What can I tell the MVP of the league?”
Keeping the interview on a light tone, Curry was half-joking in his tone, the Warriors superstar did use his team as a justification for why the Panthers could go 19-0, including the playoffs, in 2015. Curry ended his one-man show by pulling up for a 30-foot 3-pointer to give the Warriors a 21-point lead and got the sellout crowd at the Time Warner Cable Arena rocking. The Clippers, playing without Chris Paul, shot just 38% from the field and were led by Blake Griffin and Lance Stephenson, each scoring 19 points.
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“It has been a long season to say the least”. The players are undeniably talented, as demonstrated by their season record, but are the Warriors undefeated because of the franchise that developed under head coach Steve Kerr?
